Sapotech

Name

Sapotech

Legal name

Sapotech Oy

Website

https://sapotech.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial machine vision systems for metallurgical surface inspection and process monitoring

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Machine Vision & Industrial Imaging Systems (IMAHAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF), Machine Vision & Inspection Lighting (Ring lights, bar lights, backlights, strobed illumination) (IMAGAIAG), Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

Keywords

• Machine vision systems
• Surface inspection technology
• Metallurgical AI software
• Industrial defect detection
• Process monitoring solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Oulu

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Surface Inspection Systems (Reveal CAST): Sale and installation of complete surface inspection systems including hardware (cameras, illumination units, control cabinet) and software. Systems are customized for specific customer needs and integrated into existing production lines.
2. Process Monitoring Solutions (Reveal TAP): Monitoring and inspection solutions for tuyere areas, ladle wells, and metal/slag detection in metallurgical processes. Includes real-time monitoring hardware and software.
3. System Expansion and Retrofitting: Additional imaging and illumination components can be added to existing systems. Deep Learning module can be retrofitted to all existing Reveal CAST installations.
4. Data Storage and MES Integration: Options for extended data storage (months to years), cloud storage, and integration with customer MES/Level1-3 systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sapotech designs, manufactures and sells integrated machine vision and AI systems for real-time surface inspection and process monitoring in the metals industry. Its three offerings are the Reveal PLATFORM (IoT platform for visualization, data acquisition and analysis), Reveal CAST (surface inspection system with high-resolution imaging and DNN defect detection), and Reveal TAP (machine vision AI for tuyere, ladle well and metal/slag monitoring). Systems are customized and integrated directly into customer production lines in steel, aluminum, ferrochrome, nickel and copper operations.

Product overview

Sapotech offers a platform-plus-modules product architecture centered on the Reveal PLATFORM, an IoT platform that provides real-time visualization, data acquisition, and analysis for the metallurgical industry. Built on this platform are two core products: Reveal CAST for surface inspection using high-resolution imaging and deep neural network defect detection, and Reveal TAP for real-time process monitoring using machine vision AI. The products work together to provide comprehensive quality control and process optimization across steel, aluminium, ferrochromium, nickel, and copper production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Reveal PLATFORM: A complete IoT platform designed specifically for the metallurgical industry that forms the core of all Sapotech products, enabling real-time visualization, data acquisition, analysis, and storage.
• Reveal CAST
• Reveal TAP

Products and services

• Reveal PLATFORM An IoT platform designed specifically for the metallurgical industry that enables real-time visualization, data acquisition, analysis and storage across production processes. It serves as the unified foundation for Sapotech's inspection and monitoring products and supports integration with customer MES/Level1-3 systems.
• Reveal CAST A complete surface inspection system for the metals industry that uses high-resolution cameras and laser illumination units to capture and analyze hot and cold product surfaces in real time, with automatic defect detection and classification via deep neural networks, plus laser-enabled dimensional measurement. It is targeted at steel, aluminum and other metal producers running continuous casting, grinding, hot/cold rolling and forging lines.
• Reveal TAP A machine vision AI solution for real-time monitoring and analysis of metal production processes, including tuyere area monitoring, metal/slag detection, ladle well area monitoring, and freeboard measurement. It is targeted at producers using EAFs, BOFs, ladles and submerged arc furnaces in steel, ferrochrome and related metals operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Detection results provided within 15 seconds or faster to aid operator decision-making
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Evertz Europe (InToSteel Project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024InToSteel project collaboration between Sapotech and Evertz Europe running from mid-2024 until end of 2026, designed to enhance efficiency of metallurgical processes of continuous casting and steel grinding.
• Intocast AGflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2024Strategic partnership announced May 2024 combining Sapotech's IoT solutions with Intocast's refractory products and plant engineering expertise. Focus on real-time visualization and monitoring of manufacturing processes with AI-powered algorithms for immediate adjustments and effectiveness highlighting on production lines. Intocast has over 40 years of expertise in refractory products globally.
• The Evertz Group (Evertz Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 May 2021Technology and business partnership announced May 2021 with Evertz taking a strategic stake in Sapotech. Focus on grinding processes where Sapotech's surface inspection technology is integrated with Evertz grinding machines. Evertz Group provides complete solutions for grinding of semi-products in metals industry.
• ALSICALminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• MAPEKOminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• HAMAGminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• CARBOOXminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• DOLOMITEminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• SLOVMAGminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• FTSminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.
• EXUSminorOthersListed as part of the group of experts/partners on Sapotech's website.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Primetals Technologies: Global metallurgical plant OEM offering integrated automation and process control for steel and non-ferrous metals. Comparable as a customer-and-competitor ecosystem player that bundles its own inspection capabilities with new mill builds.
• SICK AG: German industrial sensor and machine vision specialist with deep penetration in heavy industry (steel, automotive, logistics). Overlaps with Sapotech on industrial inspection and quality control, with a much broader portfolio.
• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in industrial machine vision with a broad portfolio of vision systems, smart cameras and vision software. Overlaps with Sapotech in industrial quality inspection use cases but does not specialize in extreme-temperature metallurgical environments.
• Teledyne Technologies: US conglomerate with digital imaging and instrumentation businesses (including Teledyne FLIR and Teledyne Princeton Instruments) serving industrial inspection and process monitoring — adjacent to Sapotech's industrial vision and process monitoring niche.
• Keyence Corporation: Large Japanese industrial sensor and vision systems vendor offering inspection and measurement products. Comparable as a broad incumbent in industrial machine vision, though its portfolio is more generic than Sapotech's metallurgical specialization.
• AMETEK Inc. US electronic instruments and electromechanical devices manufacturer with process and analytical instrumentation segments serving metals, energy and industrial customers. Comparable as a broader instrumentation incumbent rather than a direct vision-systems competitor.

Direct peers

• Stemmer Imaging: European machine vision technology provider (now part of Interact Analysis-adjacent group) supplying cameras, software and integrated vision solutions to industrial inspection customers, including in metals processing.
• ISRA VISION: Germany-based machine vision specialist (now part of Zebra Technologies) with a long-standing surface inspection product line for steel and metals — historically the most direct competitor to Sapotech's Reveal CAST in continuous casting and rolling mills.
• Basler AG: German manufacturer of industrial cameras and computer vision components widely used in factory automation and inspection, including metals. Comparable as a vision-hardware peer and potential ecosystem supplier to Sapotech-like integrators.

Emerging players

• Matrox Imaging: Canadian provider of machine vision software, smart cameras and frame grabbers used in industrial inspection. Overlaps with Sapotech's vision software stack but has a smaller footprint in the metals vertical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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